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From: kanderso@mabillon.ICS.UCI.EDU (Kenneth Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Mac LC and the OIDS game
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Date: 27 Jun 91 21:00:45 GMT
Reply-To: Ken Anderson <kanderso@mabillon.ICS.UCI.EDU>
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>Mike,
>  It's that DAMNED copy protection! There are some pointers in the program that
>cripple it when the copy protection fails to register;  this will happen on
>some macs.  Unfortunately it happened on yours. I suggest you mail it back to
>FTL along with a letter-bomb and tell them that copy protection sucks.
>
> p.s. I know there is a patch available that will disable the CP of this game.
> is it legal to post it on Internet?  (I guess not)

It is not legal to post the patch to the Internet.  I don't see what the
problem is, you buy the game, you send in your card, you get the patch
seven days later. No problem.

Ken